Beautiful idea and good reading of the verses (and non-reading of non-verses - a crucial skill, as in Borges' false Aleph).
Minor quibble about footnote 3: I don't agree with your reading of PY: Purim #1 (see the discussions of Amalek in the Reshimos Lev regarding that particular piece). On the Calf specifically, Rav Hutner has an almost opposite approach; see PY: Purim #17, PY: Yom Kippur #37, Maamarei PY: Sukkos #24-25, but obviously everything is complex and paradoxical - see PY: Yom Kippur 9:4-13, repeated in Maamarei PY: Pesach 99:18-20). I think your concept here is much more Rav Kook-ian than Rav Hutner-ian, and I personally think that this is a fork where the two thinkers diverge. (On this, Rav Kook is more in line with a lot of kabbalistic and chassidic writing; cf Rachel Elior's book on Chabad). thank you for giving me an opportunity to spam your dvar torah with the contents of my sticky note
Beautiful idea and good reading of the verses (and non-reading of non-verses - a crucial skill, as in Borges' false Aleph).
Minor quibble about footnote 3: I don't agree with your reading of PY: Purim #1 (see the discussions of Amalek in the Reshimos Lev regarding that particular piece). On the Calf specifically, Rav Hutner has an almost opposite approach; see PY: Purim #17, PY: Yom Kippur #37, Maamarei PY: Sukkos #24-25, but obviously everything is complex and paradoxical - see PY: Yom Kippur 9:4-13, repeated in Maamarei PY: Pesach 99:18-20). I think your concept here is much more Rav Kook-ian than Rav Hutner-ian, and I personally think that this is a fork where the two thinkers diverge. (On this, Rav Kook is more in line with a lot of kabbalistic and chassidic writing; cf Rachel Elior's book on Chabad). thank you for giving me an opportunity to spam your dvar torah with the contents of my sticky note
Before I even look up your references: Oh hell yes another Pachad Yitzchak nerd